When I was pregnant with my first daughter, my mother (whom we call GiGi) was so happy (and relieved) she was finally going to be a grandmother that she wanted to just buy us everything we could possibly ever need for our little baby’s nursery. And we pretty much let her. Well, at [...]

I knew early on in my second pregnancy that I was having a girl. I just knew it. The give-away? It was the acne (this 3-product regimen by Murad was my lifesaver, I only wish I’d discovered it earlier on in my pregnancy), the crazy hair (this product by Kerastase became my [...]

6 weeks ago today I delivered my second daughter via C-section. It was a quick recovery for me, 48 hours later I was back at home with my family. At my 2-week check-up, I specifically asked my doctor if I could start using my elliptical machine, and she gave me the go-ahead. [...]

I dropped my husband off at the airport today for a trip to Connecticut, near where we used to live when we first got married (A side note: Katherine Hepburn, my idol, used to spend time in this town!). That was a little hard 1) because naturally I will miss him and 2) [...]

OHMYGAWD! My little baby girl, whom I will call Coco, is all of 5 weeks and 5 days old, and last night she slept for SEVEN STRAIGHT HOURS! I put her down in her crib at 10 and didn’t hear from her until 5 this morning. In general, she’s been a decent [...]

What am I thinking? Does the web really need another blog written by a brutally honest mom? Probably not. But this is for me. I have no expectations. I just like to write, needed a hobby, and my dear husband decided that this would be it. He even designed [...]